Child of the Rebellion: West Virginia Sesquicentennial
Civil War Union Militia Correspondence

I J. W Allison Captain of a Company in the 163 Rgmt and 24th Brigade and a 3rd Division having a vancancy [sic] of the office of first Lieutenant held an Election and Andrew Pugh was Elected to the office of first Lieutenant

May 24th 1862

J. W. Allison Capt

Vice W W Stewart who bailed to qualify

Transcription by Rose Feazell, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton’s Fall 2010 “Introduction to Public History” at West Virginia State University